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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. has rove lost his touch or not? >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. mmm i can still see you. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and sup
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash, give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home, h
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. that guy, put him in it. what's this? [ male announcer ] tell him he's about to find out. you're about to find out. [ male announcer ] test it. highlight the european chassis, 6 speed manual, dual exhaust, wide stance, clean lines, have him floor it, spin it, punch it, drift it, put it through its paces, is he happy? oh ya, he's happy! [ male announcer ] and that's how you test your car for fun. easy. as p
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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obviously, one of the prominent theories but on september 14th, the white house briefing, i said to jay carney there are other people in your government who say it is probably not the video, that it is something else in benghazi and you whatever reason it seems like i had better intelligence and sources in the government than the people in the white house did, 'cause they were leaning heavily into this videotape theory. >> as john mccain would have us believe, and he has got very strong point about this, it may well just have been the narrative for the white house running to the election of we are defeating al qaeda is not helped if it looks like an al qaeda type of resurgence was up against the ambassador in benghazi and indeed led to his death? >> without question, as somebody who was covering the benghazi story in the months leading up to the election and also covering the election, it was so politicized with the white house and the administration in a defensive crouch because they thought every word they said would be twisted and unfairly attacked and didn't want interfere about the
obviously, one of the prominent theories but on september 14th, the white house briefing, i said to jay carney there are other people in your government who say it is probably not the video, that it is something else in benghazi and you whatever reason it seems like i had better intelligence and sources in the government than the people in the white house did, 'cause they were leaning heavily into this videotape theory. >> as john mccain would have us believe, and he has got very strong...
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a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has the full faith, or if general allen, i should say, has the full faith of president obama. and here's what carney said. >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job at isap. and i would rephrase the pentagon for the process underway with regards to general allen. >> reporter: now carney downplayed questions on whether this whole situation illuminates something about the culture of military leadership. he said these are two events seeming to say they are two isolated instances, but zoraida, he did say that the president was surprised, i guess that's not particu
a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has...
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., jay carney said he has done remarkable work in his role at the cia. the president making clear that the next acting deputy director will be mike morrel. i would.out that general petraeus an the president had at times a tricky relationship, but they have become closer partners in recent months. and this comes at an awkward time. the president and general petraeus now dealing with the fallout from the death in benghazi in of ambassador chris stevens. the white house and the cia now both trading responsibility over who made the call for the eck plan nation in the days after as to why exactly it was described the way it was described. and the cia finally coming out, it would seem and taking some of the responsibility. it would seem, in the most recent days. now, with this development, general petraeus' departure, there will be questions of how this impacts the investigation. the white house insisting they are going ahead with this investigation as they have been all along. and obviously this has nothing to do with that libya incident with the deaths in li
., jay carney said he has done remarkable work in his role at the cia. the president making clear that the next acting deputy director will be mike morrel. i would.out that general petraeus an the president had at times a tricky relationship, but they have become closer partners in recent months. and this comes at an awkward time. the president and general petraeus now dealing with the fallout from the death in benghazi in of ambassador chris stevens. the white house and the cia now both...
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jay carney hinted it bay go up from the $250,000. he's definitely as you know going to be asked about this generals' scandal. he'll be asked about benghazi, because this is the first press conference he will have held since that attack in egypt that left an ambassador and three others dead. there's going to be a lot of questions today. a lot of things to ask him about. >> he's got a lot of newspapers he needs to read, too, because these developments just pertaining to one of those, the general. stay on it because we're going to come to you live for that news conference and we want to make sure you watch our special coverage of the news conference. wolf blitzer's going to lead our coverage which gets underway at 1:00 this afternoon. itting the ) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) awhat strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaz
jay carney hinted it bay go up from the $250,000. he's definitely as you know going to be asked about this generals' scandal. he'll be asked about benghazi, because this is the first press conference he will have held since that attack in egypt that left an ambassador and three others dead. there's going to be a lot of questions today. a lot of things to ask him about. >> he's got a lot of newspapers he needs to read, too, because these developments just pertaining to one of those, the...
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there's a suggestion, play a sound bite from jay carney, white house press secretary. he was asked is the president stuck to the $250,000 limit, willing to go up a little. said maybe the limit should be a half million. senator schumer said maybe it should be a million, no tax increase for people earning under a million dollars. he was asked about that. jay carney, i'll play the clip. >> i think i've given you pretty good parameters on the president's thinking going into the process, that he himself said begins with the proposal, specific proposal he has before congress. a plan that achieves balance and that allows us to continue to invest in important areas of the economy. but he has not lwetted to that detail. >> the president was never the problem in this. the president was always willing to compromise. it was republicans led by quite frankly mitch mcconnell who said his job was to see the president get defeated who blocked everything the president wanted. the president wasn't the problem on the compromise. you see in the exit polling, american people say we want thi
there's a suggestion, play a sound bite from jay carney, white house press secretary. he was asked is the president stuck to the $250,000 limit, willing to go up a little. said maybe the limit should be a half million. senator schumer said maybe it should be a million, no tax increase for people earning under a million dollars. he was asked about that. jay carney, i'll play the clip. >> i think i've given you pretty good parameters on the president's thinking going into the process, that...
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jay carney said, look, he has to refer even that question to the department of justice and the pentagon who are investigating this. so, again, they're not answering a lot of the questions out of here because they say the investigations, they're continuing, ted. >> what about mike morell, will he replace david petraeus as cia director or have you heard of any other names being thrown out there? >> right, all of this is folding into the cabinet reshuffling and the administration personnel game. right now, what i am told consistently is that current homeland security adviser john brennan for whom the president, of course, has enormous admiration and worked with -- from the very beginning of the administration, that essentially if brennan wants the job, it could be brennan's job, but there is no clarity about whether or not brennan would want that job and that current acting director mike morell, who was elevated to that role, would be the second other likely replacement if adviser brennan did not want the job. so those are the two top candidates to replace petraeus at this point. >> okay.
jay carney said, look, he has to refer even that question to the department of justice and the pentagon who are investigating this. so, again, they're not answering a lot of the questions out of here because they say the investigations, they're continuing, ted. >> what about mike morell, will he replace david petraeus as cia director or have you heard of any other names being thrown out there? >> right, all of this is folding into the cabinet reshuffling and the administration...
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jay carney put out a statement that said in part both sides agree that while there may be differences in our preferred approaches, we will continue a constructive process to find a solution and come to a conclusion as soon as possible. i don't think there was acrimoney here. i think the president wished speaker boehner happy birthday, which i believe is tomorrow. there really falling all over themselves to have this really positive message, but also there's an acknowledgment here that we have some really tough stuff to get through, and that they're going to have to work through that. i will fell you, we heard from them that they're going to be working through the thanksgiving recesses. you know president obama leaves for asia tomorrow, and the white house says that, you know, even though he is gone, he is going to have his top aides in touch with members of congress. >> you know what that means, briana, we'll be all working through thanksgiving. >> yep. >> thanks. >> thanks, suzanne. >> sure. the tension along the israeli-gaza border is intensifying. could this air assault lead to an
jay carney put out a statement that said in part both sides agree that while there may be differences in our preferred approaches, we will continue a constructive process to find a solution and come to a conclusion as soon as possible. i don't think there was acrimoney here. i think the president wished speaker boehner happy birthday, which i believe is tomorrow. there really falling all over themselves to have this really positive message, but also there's an acknowledgment here that we have...
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carney, the white house press secretary in a statement, don, there are differences, but they can work through them and the real question i think now is how close are they going to cut it? are they going to take it to the very edge. we heard from harry reid, he said they won't wait until the last day of september, and house minority leader nancy pelosi said the goal is to get it done before christmas. we should be so lucky. >> we should be so lucky. holidays are coming up. it is a beautiful back grdrop b you look a little chilly. >> it is a little cold. >> brianna keilar, thank you. >>> what do fiscal cliff talks mean for your money? for your 401(k)? wall street investors might get nervous if talks aren't wrapped up quickly. i want to bring in time magazine's assistant managing editor, rana faruhar. you say some key people are worried next about what is coming up with stocks and bonds, why is that? >> a lot of the top investors in country see that the market has been down. there are major worries still about the fiscal cliff. i wish i could be as optimistic as some, but frankly i'm bec
carney, the white house press secretary in a statement, don, there are differences, but they can work through them and the real question i think now is how close are they going to cut it? are they going to take it to the very edge. we heard from harry reid, he said they won't wait until the last day of september, and house minority leader nancy pelosi said the goal is to get it done before christmas. we should be so lucky. >> we should be so lucky. holidays are coming up. it is a...
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but, jay carney, the white house press secretary, was downplaying this was a distraction, saying the president is still very much focused on the fiscal cliff. we do know, however, that this situation has taken some of the president's time, a limited amount of time, carney said. but at the same time, we know that a lot of staff hours get dedicated to something like this kind of scandal. meantime, carney said that president obama still thinks very highly of general allen. he said that he thinks highly of the job that he's done in afghanistan, and of his service. here's what he said yesterday. the first time that carney had briefed after this scandal had broke. >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job at isaf, and i would refer you to the pentagon for the process under way with regards to general allen. >> meantime, soledad, president obama will welcome dozens of business leaders to the white house today. some of whom support something he wants to do, which is increase taxes on the wealthy. obviously the white house is hoping that maybe that wi
but, jay carney, the white house press secretary, was downplaying this was a distraction, saying the president is still very much focused on the fiscal cliff. we do know, however, that this situation has taken some of the president's time, a limited amount of time, carney said. but at the same time, we know that a lot of staff hours get dedicated to something like this kind of scandal. meantime, carney said that president obama still thinks very highly of general allen. he said that he thinks...
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there is obviously the white house briefing today midday and jay carney is going to be absolutely peppered with questions over this. president obama has a full week focusing on the fiscal cliff. today he's meeting with progressive leaders, labor leaders. tomorrow he's meeting with business leaders. all that leading up to friday when meeting with the top democrat and republican from the house and nsenate to work this out. the other question has to do with how does this toafghanista? general allen, depending on how this plays out, is overseeing things in afghanistan. obviously, a very critical time. the president thohas to figure how he moves the remaining troops in afghanistan, combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. the one thing you can point to is the man -- general allen was already set to head out and move over to european command. and general joseph dunford who is also up for a confirmation hearing on thursday to replace general allen in afghanistan, that is going to proceed as scheduled. >> brianna, i want to ask you about "the washington post." it has a rofeport specula
there is obviously the white house briefing today midday and jay carney is going to be absolutely peppered with questions over this. president obama has a full week focusing on the fiscal cliff. today he's meeting with progressive leaders, labor leaders. tomorrow he's meeting with business leaders. all that leading up to friday when meeting with the top democrat and republican from the house and nsenate to work this out. the other question has to do with how does this toafghanista? general...
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this matters, every word they say matters and white house press secretary jay carney was on the defense today. he pointed out as he had done yesterday that the president spoke on the phone with senate majority leader harry reid and john boehner over the weekend. and besides carney says, the president has to talk directly to the american people. >> it is vitally important that ordinary americans actively engage in this debate because the outcome of these negotiations and the hopeful product of these negotiations are the product that we hope emerges from these negotiations will profoundly affect their lives. >> so is the president, the missing ingredient to really nailing down a fiscal cliff deal? could he end the drama right now if he stayed put in washington and held a series of face-to-face meetings with reid, mcconnell, boehner, and pelosi instead of his planned meetings this week with small business owners, business leaders and middle class americans, not to mention a trip scheduled for friday to pennsylvania. a state he won by five points in the election, to sell american voters on
this matters, every word they say matters and white house press secretary jay carney was on the defense today. he pointed out as he had done yesterday that the president spoke on the phone with senate majority leader harry reid and john boehner over the weekend. and besides carney says, the president has to talk directly to the american people. >> it is vitally important that ordinary americans actively engage in this debate because the outcome of these negotiations and the hopeful...
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jay carney used the phrase in the briefing just now that the proposal from the republicans was a bunch of magic needs and fairy dust and the current standoff is continuing with neither side talking today, brooke. >> magic beans, fairy dust, la la land, it is laughable but not. it is serious stuff that affects every one of us come january 1st, 28 days to go. we know some of the reporting from dana bash on the hill, there are no formal talks going on. the president insists in speaking in this bloomberg interview, he does speak to speaker boehner all the time that the meetings are not what matter. what have you, jessica yellin what have you learned in your reporting about possible talks between the white house and the gop? >> reporter: well, first of all, i'll tell you there was a christmas party at the white house last night where members of congress came to have festivities and stand in line. they're welcome to stand in line and greet the president. and get their picture taken. so speaker boehner chose not to stand in line and shake hands with the president, first lady, get his picture
jay carney used the phrase in the briefing just now that the proposal from the republicans was a bunch of magic needs and fairy dust and the current standoff is continuing with neither side talking today, brooke. >> magic beans, fairy dust, la la land, it is laughable but not. it is serious stuff that affects every one of us come january 1st, 28 days to go. we know some of the reporting from dana bash on the hill, there are no formal talks going on. the president insists in speaking in...
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we saw jay carney saying days after that. but it was set by rice's appearance on those shows. to me she was clearly sending a message it was not terrorist. what she should have said was that there is considerable evidence this could be teorm. the fact that al qaeda is a stronghold in that area, the fact that al sharia has a hold on that area, direct and indirect fire coming in, heavy weapons involved, the presumption should have been leaning towards terrorism. she wanted to say we're not absolutely certain of the terrorist control, that would have been a true statement. but to come out so clearly and deny and say there was no terrorist involvement, this was not a terrorist attack, that was i believe irresponsible. anwhether she wa saying it on her own or she was told to say it or whatever, the fact is she was the vehicle by which this message translated to the world. >> remember this incident occurred on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 in benghazi. i looked it up. here's what she said on some of the shows. i'll read it to you. >> sure. >> she said our current best assessment base
we saw jay carney saying days after that. but it was set by rice's appearance on those shows. to me she was clearly sending a message it was not terrorist. what she should have said was that there is considerable evidence this could be teorm. the fact that al qaeda is a stronghold in that area, the fact that al sharia has a hold on that area, direct and indirect fire coming in, heavy weapons involved, the presumption should have been leaning towards terrorism. she wanted to say we're not...
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on friday, jay carney says he believes only u.s. military personnel and secret service members are involved. we'll keep an eye on those stories. >>> now to the stories you're talking about. a lot of thing happened this week where people claimed shock and awe. is it real or fake? are we surprised that a group above men who rarely spend time with their wives go to a foreign country and hook up with hookers? sit really a surprise that military members take pictures with dead people? >>> and why be indignant when blowhards blather? we'll go over it shortly. perhaps, the one moment we all couldn't take our eyes off of. an unusual move happened just yesterday in a florida courtroom. george zimmerman spoke directly to trayvon martin's parents. >> my client wants to make a statement to the court, your honor. >> be sworn in, please. >> do you swear that the testimony you present will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> please have a seat. once your situated, state your full name for the record. >> geo
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white house spokesman jay carney said this. >> you have to ask the speaker of the house whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to do for the american people, the american economy to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> now, the only thing both sides could agree on today, and this is maybe fitting, were the sandwiches the president brought to the lunch. that's him to going to a local deli to buy the hoagies. good sandwiches, good times, raw politics. joining me is ari fleischer and paul begala. boehner is saying the next cut has to have dollar for dollar cuts. but the budget office increases the debt by $5 trillion over ten years. why is that okay? >> right. well, you have to ask the speaker that. i think -- first, let me just say, john boehner's patriotic american, he's a good man, he's a good congressman. he leads his party ably. but what he is proposing is to purposefully damage our country, to take the full faith and credit of our nation to the brink. and they did this once and as you noted it hurt the country.
white house spokesman jay carney said this. >> you have to ask the speaker of the house whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to do for the american people, the american economy to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> now, the only thing both sides could agree on today, and this is maybe fitting, were the sandwiches the president brought to the lunch. that's him to going to a local deli to buy the hoagies. good...
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last year in may right afterwards you had jay carney going out in front of the press. you had david axelrod out there saying that obama's sdigsiveness in killing bin laden proved that we should support his domestic agenda on green energy, and he did get a free pass on all that. >> doesn't every president tout whatever accomplishments he can wrap his arms around and try to build support for the administration? it just seems to me that there's nothing unusual. >> it's not particularly unusual. i think what -- >> did bush take the toppling of saddam as a reason to support his education policies? >> did dick cheney say the decision in this election 2004 was -- could determine whether we get hit again? >> that's the question about foreign policy. it's not a transfer -- >> i think that bush absolutely tried and sought to translate his, you know, strength and leadership and decisiveness in foreign policy to have people say and he is strong in decisive in domestic policy, and i don't think there's anything wrong with that. >> let me spin back to the media. obama goes to afghan
last year in may right afterwards you had jay carney going out in front of the press. you had david axelrod out there saying that obama's sdigsiveness in killing bin laden proved that we should support his domestic agenda on green energy, and he did get a free pass on all that. >> doesn't every president tout whatever accomplishments he can wrap his arms around and try to build support for the administration? it just seems to me that there's nothing unusual. >> it's not particularly...
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so even before he had this on to questiart,re >> youe lien to jay carney talking outh of th chinese dissident, mr. chen, who has been really a focal point around the world now. this is a blind lawyer who was imprisoned in china for quite some time and under house arrest who recently escaped. he's been fighting the forced sterilization policy of women in china and again a lot of questions over whether or not the united states will be able to help him and what type of role the state department, including secretary of state hillary clinton, will be able in helping him. the secretary is actually over there in china along with the treasury secretary, both of them there, and again questions remain in terms of how they will be able to help this chinese dissident and make sure that he and his family are safe. we are getting more information throughout the hour from the state department. we'll bring you those details as soon as we get them. >>> want to go to another story we're following. john edwards' fight to say out of prison. today, he is watching another ex-staffer take the stand in his campaign
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. >> reporter: but white house spokesman jay carney insisted the president is fully engaged in getting an agreement while taking his case to the public. >> so to suggest that we should now that the election's over stop talking to them about these vital issues i think is bad advice. >> reporter: but that didn't stop a barrage of questions about when the president would next meet with congressional leaders or why he was spending much more time with stake holders than lawmakers. carney hit back. >> it does not -- i think, you know, make a lot of sense to simply say never mind, the american people and business leaders and small business leaders and civic leaders and labor -- you know, cut them out of the process and stop the conversation with them. the president thinks that's a big mistake. >> reporter: so, again, tomorrow here again at the white house the president will meet with middle class americans. these are people the white house said who answered an e-mail, talked about how if those middle class tax cuts are not extended how it would impact them. white house spokesman jay carney sa
. >> reporter: but white house spokesman jay carney insisted the president is fully engaged in getting an agreement while taking his case to the public. >> so to suggest that we should now that the election's over stop talking to them about these vital issues i think is bad advice. >> reporter: but that didn't stop a barrage of questions about when the president would next meet with congressional leaders or why he was spending much more time with stake holders than lawmakers....
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but now the obama administration through the white house spokesman jay carney has said look, we've told egypt there could be repercussions for this continued prosecution. but some congressmen as you mention want there to be more action above just the threats. they all, about 41 republicans and democrats, signed off on this letter to secretaries panetta, clinton, and egyptian's military leader to say look, we want to cut all funding off until these prosecutions are dropped against these american aid workers. yuan? >> dicey situation, chris lawrence live at the pentagon. thank you. also overseas, an important milestone today amid the chaos in syria. the united states announced it's pulling out its remaining staff. ar wal damon is monitoring the situation from bay ru, lebanon. >> reporter: john, the u.s. has been concerned about security around the embassy for quite some time especially following is the attacks in damascus that happened in december and january. believed to be attributed to a group that is loosely linked to al qaeda. they had been asking the syrian government for additional
but now the obama administration through the white house spokesman jay carney has said look, we've told egypt there could be repercussions for this continued prosecution. but some congressmen as you mention want there to be more action above just the threats. they all, about 41 republicans and democrats, signed off on this letter to secretaries panetta, clinton, and egyptian's military leader to say look, we want to cut all funding off until these prosecutions are dropped against these american...
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carney was saying and all their various coming out in public and talking about what exactly what had happened in benghazi in the weeks after the, the killing of the ambassador? >> well, there's no doubt we should get to the bottom of the intelligence information. but what this clearly shows is that the president and susan rice and others were presenting with the american people with the facts as they were provided to them by the intelligence agencies. which really makes, i think, mitt romney and his team look pretty small for the way they tried to exploit this whole thing for political purposes. drumming up these kind of conspiracy theories. and soledad, my dad was a career foreign service officer. like ambassador chris stevens. and i have to say that from the very beginning, the way that mitt romney's tried to exploit this for political purposes, is a real violation of the tradition we've had in this country, where we come together at these moments of tragedy, when americans are killed overseas. and it was just unfortunate that they decided, instead, to try and exploit the situation
carney was saying and all their various coming out in public and talking about what exactly what had happened in benghazi in the weeks after the, the killing of the ambassador? >> well, there's no doubt we should get to the bottom of the intelligence information. but what this clearly shows is that the president and susan rice and others were presenting with the american people with the facts as they were provided to them by the intelligence agencies. which really makes, i think, mitt...
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that's something that jay carney did not dispute. >> simply say we confirm the call. the -- you know, one in a series of conversations as well as a meeting as you know recently that the president had with a speaker. armed towards the effort of trying to find some common ground on this important issue. >> i would say it was tense. there were offered exchanged back and forth yesterday. you know, the president and i had a frank conversation about just how far apart we are. >> and they are pretty far apart, john. the white house, the president, still demanding that income tax rates on earnings more than $250,000 go up. republicans saying no to that. and accusing the white house of not putting out specifics when it comes to spending cuts and entitlement reforms. >> this seems to be a fairly big shift in tone, as you said from cordial to frank and deliberate that seems like a dirty word there. what are we talking about an absolute drop-dead time to get a deal done? the speaker said members should be prepared to stay until christmas eve. >> christmas is an important time. it
that's something that jay carney did not dispute. >> simply say we confirm the call. the -- you know, one in a series of conversations as well as a meeting as you know recently that the president had with a speaker. armed towards the effort of trying to find some common ground on this important issue. >> i would say it was tense. there were offered exchanged back and forth yesterday. you know, the president and i had a frank conversation about just how far apart we are. >> and...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney calls romney's comment desperate and offensive. president obama will speak at the clinton global initiative himself a few hours after mitt romney, the president speaking at noon eastern. >>> an arrest in a mysterious missing person case in florida. christian aguilar, a freshman at the university of florida, disappeared thursday after what police said was a fight over a woman. pedro guavo is called a person of interest but he's already been arrested and charged with depriving a victim of medical care. he told police he left aguilar beaten and unconscious along a roadside in a fight over this woman. gainesville police say aguilar may be dead. >>> and this was bound to happen. the replacement refs, sure looks like they cost the green bay packers a victory last night against the seattle seahawks. here's the blown call everyone's talking about. final seconds, packers up by five, quarterback throws a hail mary to the end zone. it looks like it's intercepted by the packers. right? right? >> yes. >> no! the replacement officials rule that
. >> white house spokesman jay carney calls romney's comment desperate and offensive. president obama will speak at the clinton global initiative himself a few hours after mitt romney, the president speaking at noon eastern. >>> an arrest in a mysterious missing person case in florida. christian aguilar, a freshman at the university of florida, disappeared thursday after what police said was a fight over a woman. pedro guavo is called a person of interest but he's already been...
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and your members just a month ago, jay carney, press secretary at the white house got asked who is the capital? he hemmed, ducked and dodged. >> wolf kno this from covering the white house, the official policy of the government is that jerusalem is the capital and every president for years has issued the executive order saying we're going to wait because this is the subject -- >> this is not a question of where the embassy is. this is the symbolic question, what's the name of the capital? and for many jews that's a profoundly symbolic and important real issue. >> but remember our -- >> that's where it obtains the platform. >> we have to go. we have to wrap this up. t remember during the bush administration president bush routinely signing that waiver saying that the embassy would not be moved from tel aviv to jerusalem. president obama continued exactly what president bush was doing. >> it's a separate issue. >> why is that a separate issue? >> it's not a question where america picks its embassy. the issue on the platform -- >> the way they handled the platform -- >> but that's what we
and your members just a month ago, jay carney, press secretary at the white house got asked who is the capital? he hemmed, ducked and dodged. >> wolf kno this from covering the white house, the official policy of the government is that jerusalem is the capital and every president for years has issued the executive order saying we're going to wait because this is the subject -- >> this is not a question of where the embassy is. this is the symbolic question, what's the name of the...
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what's interesting and we pressed jay carney on this during the briefing. he said that the president would veto an across the board extension. i asked him, what about if the threshold were $1 million. what it for americans making $1 million and less instead of $250,000 or less. it appears the door is left open there. he said he wouldn't negotiate the particulars on that one. >> nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york want the threshold to be $1 million, not the $250,000 threshold that the president has been pushing for. brianna keilar is at the white house. thank you. let's dig a little bit deeper with our senior congressional correspondent dana bash and gloria borger. why is the president trying to frame this debate right now? >> because it works for him. and they also understand that summer is the time, when you're heading into a presidential election, when people's notions about who the candidates are really crystallizes. and they believe if they resurrect this fairness argument, which has wor
what's interesting and we pressed jay carney on this during the briefing. he said that the president would veto an across the board extension. i asked him, what about if the threshold were $1 million. what it for americans making $1 million and less instead of $250,000 or less. it appears the door is left open there. he said he wouldn't negotiate the particulars on that one. >> nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york want the...
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when asked about the accusations, here's what jay carney told reporters. quote, this administration takes all appropriate and necessary steps to prevent leaks of classified information or sensitive information that could risk ongoing counterterrorism or intelligence operations, end quote. our cnn political director mark preston is joining us now from washington. good morning, mark. >> good morning, carol. >> first, let's deal with the political gamesmanship here. there are two justice department investigations going on to find the source of this leak. what more does mr. romney want? >> he doesn't think that the department of justice should be investigating this at all, carol. in fact, in his speech yesterday to the vfw, we called for a special counsel to be appointed to look into the leak allegations. and it should come as no surprise that just about an hour ago, the romney campaign released a statement from mike rogers, a michigan republican, who also happens to be the chairman of the house intelligence committee. and mike rogers reiterated mitt romney's
when asked about the accusations, here's what jay carney told reporters. quote, this administration takes all appropriate and necessary steps to prevent leaks of classified information or sensitive information that could risk ongoing counterterrorism or intelligence operations, end quote. our cnn political director mark preston is joining us now from washington. good morning, mark. >> good morning, carol. >> first, let's deal with the political gamesmanship here. there are two...
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here's white house press secretary jay carney today. >> my sense is that the tone was congenial. the discussion was productive and the sandwiches were delicious and that while the topic was raised and discussed, it was -- there was no other issue associated -- no problem associated with speaker boehner's remarks yesterday. >> we had again to another one of the -- >> you have to ask the speaker of the house whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to do for the american people, the american economy to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> reporter: now, wolf, an aide to speaker boehner said that president obama said that he would not go along with any spending cuts in order to increase the debt ceiling and then we heard something different from minority leader nancy pelosi who said that the president was trying to talk about balance, meaning compromise and maybe some tax increasesas well as some spending cuts. so we're getting differing versions of what was discussed at the meeting. >> the speaker did leave one o
here's white house press secretary jay carney today. >> my sense is that the tone was congenial. the discussion was productive and the sandwiches were delicious and that while the topic was raised and discussed, it was -- there was no other issue associated -- no problem associated with speaker boehner's remarks yesterday. >> we had again to another one of the -- >> you have to ask the speaker of the house whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to...
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issue with the president's leadership in connection with this and today white house press secretary jay carney responded to that saying they're politicizing this. >> it's a ridiculous assertion that trivializes. >> both the very serious nature of the endeavor that our military has engaged in in afghanistan and the very serious nature both of the work that the secret service does and the political nature of the institution, the -- and the seriousness of the investigation under way with regard to the secret service in the military and the incident in colombia. >> reporter: but by and large, wolf, most government officials including republicans are holding fire while the investigation continues. ann sullivan enjoys the support of important republicans, peter king and darryl issa. >> brianna keilar at the white house. >>> congressmen continue to demand answers about the secret service prostitution scandal and why it was allowed to happen. joining us now the chairman of the house homeland security committee congressman peter king. congressman, what can you tell us about these two secret serv
issue with the president's leadership in connection with this and today white house press secretary jay carney responded to that saying they're politicizing this. >> it's a ridiculous assertion that trivializes. >> both the very serious nature of the endeavor that our military has engaged in in afghanistan and the very serious nature both of the work that the secret service does and the political nature of the institution, the -- and the seriousness of the investigation under way...
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carney, white house spokesman, questions about the timing saying that this has to be more than just a coincidence. but he pushed back hard saying that this was something that was in the works for months. >> i'm sure he did. all right. thanks very much, dan lothian, on the scene for us in ohio. >>> this just coming in to "the situation room" right now. record fund raising for the romney campaign. we're learning the campaign and the republican national committee raised at least, get this, at least $100 million in the month of june alone. our political editor, is joining us with more on what's going on. big numbers for the romney campaign. what's the latest, paul? >> very big numbers. remember in june he had some big fund raising through other states. go back to may, remember, mitt romney and the rnc raised $77 million and they outraised the democratic national committee. i was at a briefing with obama campaign officials about two weeks ago with our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. at that briefing obama campaign officials said, guess what, we will get outraised again i
carney, white house spokesman, questions about the timing saying that this has to be more than just a coincidence. but he pushed back hard saying that this was something that was in the works for months. >> i'm sure he did. all right. thanks very much, dan lothian, on the scene for us in ohio. >>> this just coming in to "the situation room" right now. record fund raising for the romney campaign. we're learning the campaign and the republican national committee raised at...
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jay carney saying that there is no shift. and no change expected in the more than $1 billion in aid that the u.s. gives to egypt, wolf. >> there seems to be a little disconnect going on right now between the white house and the state department because the state department is making it clear that egypt still is what's regarded as a major non-nato ally. victoria nuland answering questions at the state department today. she's the spokeswoman for the state department. question to her, you're saying the administration of the state department still regard egypt as a major non-nato ally and it is still a recipient of the privileges all of that entails? and she answered with one word, yes. so as far as the state department is concerned, egypt under this new government, this muslim brotherhood-led government, is still regarded as a major non-nato ally of the united states. so there are major military privileges that go along with that. so i guess the white house and the state department are going to have to coordinate whether or not
jay carney saying that there is no shift. and no change expected in the more than $1 billion in aid that the u.s. gives to egypt, wolf. >> there seems to be a little disconnect going on right now between the white house and the state department because the state department is making it clear that egypt still is what's regarded as a major non-nato ally. victoria nuland answering questions at the state department today. she's the spokeswoman for the state department. question to her, you're...
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. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney bristled calling the criticisms -- >> there's a certain, rather desperate attempt to grasp at words and phrases here to find political advantage. and in this case, that's profoundly offensive. >> reporter: in the interview, president obama downplayed pressure from israel to take a harder line against iran as it makes progress on its alleged nuclear weapons program. >> any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i'm going to block out any noise that's out there. >> reporter: conservatives called it a dig at one of america's closest allies. >> there's obviously a lot of noise around this issue at times. his point was clearly that his objective is to take every step possible to enhance israel's security. >> reporter: this is what the obama campaign wants americans focused on. mitt romney's own words caught on hidden camera at a fund-raiser and recently revealed. they appear in an obama ad airing in the key battleground state of ohio for the first time. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who
. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney bristled calling the criticisms -- >> there's a certain, rather desperate attempt to grasp at words and phrases here to find political advantage. and in this case, that's profoundly offensive. >> reporter: in the interview, president obama downplayed pressure from israel to take a harder line against iran as it makes progress on its alleged nuclear weapons program. >> any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's...
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well, wolf, the white house press secretary jay carney says that the president has had extensive consultations with world leaders. and so really sort of pointing to the fact that there is this open dialogue. but obviously when you look at this you know that part of this is election year risk management. that these meetings between leaders can sometimes create political liabilities. the president and his campaign are trying to minimize that especially as republicans like mitt romney are hitting him on foreign policy, wolf. >> they can also make him look even more presidential if you will by having one-on-one meetings with world leaders. there could be a possible spin-off as i think there was with george bush in 2004 and bill clinton in '96. that's a subject for debate. brian na, thanks very much. >> great report. a lot of great context. i want to remind our viewers that we arwith mitt romney on the campaign trail. we'll hear from him in a one-on-one interview that is still ahead. you do not want to miss that. also coming up, apple replaced google maps with its own app leaving users frustrated.
well, wolf, the white house press secretary jay carney says that the president has had extensive consultations with world leaders. and so really sort of pointing to the fact that there is this open dialogue. but obviously when you look at this you know that part of this is election year risk management. that these meetings between leaders can sometimes create political liabilities. the president and his campaign are trying to minimize that especially as republicans like mitt romney are hitting...